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Here's how photographers are capturing their muse amid lockdown
Updated On: 31 May, 2020 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
Inspired by an Italian photographer known for his atmospheric portraits, Indian shutterbugs with itchy hands make the most of the isolation by shooting portraits from a DSLR, but across a video call

Shivaji Storm Sen began taking pictures on FaceTime as he wanted to keep creating. His models are usually set against books he has bought from all over the world
In Italy, one of the countries hit hardest by Coronavirus deaths, photographer Alessio Albi found a novel way to stay in touch with friends. He started shooting them through the laptop webcam. "Social distancing doesn't mean you stop creating. We are lucky to live in an era that offers all the resources needed," one of his captions read. In this case, it could mean that all you need is a phone, a willing model, and maybe a Zoom account. Taking the pictures could be one way of saying, we won't let the virus beat us, becoming our way of trying to hold on to the way things used to be, all the while moving into the future with whatever resources we have.
Four Indian photographers who have been shooting celebrities, friends and models right through the lockdown, on their phone and via Zoom, tell us why the experiment requires more skill that usual.
'I can't stop creating'

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